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“Making the same errors over and over is not good enough, particularly in the last couple of games we’ve played.

“We just have to be hard on ourselves as a group and demand what we want from each other, particularly in game, so we can get those things right."

Modern players tend to always stay calm, and support rather than scold teammates after mistakes, but Genia is clearly a believer in tough love.

Toughness will be needed mentally and physically tonight against a Springboks team shorn of many big names but lacking nothing in intensity and enthusiasm.

The Wallabies, who are favourites, are keen to throw way more attacking questions at the Boks than they at did the Kiwis, but overcoming the tourists physically is, as always, battle that needs winning first.

Those battles - and the war - were lost against New Zealand, who only conceded three linebreaks in the first two Tests.

“We want to come into this game very much with an attacking mindset,” Genia said. “We want to play some footy.

“We haven’t had the opportunity to in the last couple of weeks against the All Blacks, we want to create momentum and get a chance to really express ourselves and play some footy because we haven’t so far.”

Genia’s running game only comes with quick, clean ball and so too Quade Cooper’s “unique skill set”, according to Deans.

Genia backed Reds teammate Dom Shipperley to handle the step up to Test rugby, saying along with pace, he is good under the high ball.

That is likely to be the biggest test for Shipperley on debut, with the Boks set to put up plenty of high kicks to his wing.

The Wallabies’ sluggish effort to track back while kicks are in the air is an area that must improve from their first two Tests; not only to support the catchers but to take advantage of counter-attack opportunities.

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